Ofodike Ezekoye

UT Fire Research Group

Dr. Ofodike Ezekoye is a professor of mechanical engineering whose research focuses on heat and mass transfer in high-temperature reacting systems, with applications to fire safety engineering, lithium-ion battery safety, and fire forensics. His work integrates experiments, modeling, and systems-level analysis to inform safety-driven design, emergency response, and risk mitigation across the built environment and energy systems.

Most Recent Publications

1. Han, K.S., Heinzel, J., Franqueville, J. and Ezekoye, O.A., 2026, “Quenching thermal runaway propagation in lithium-ion battery arrays with various thermal barriers: Experimental and modeling characterization”, Applied Energy, 405, p.127197.
2. Yang, C., Singh, A., Pu, X., Mallarapu, A., Smith, K., Keyser, M., Haberman, M.R., Khani, H., Misztal, P., Spray, R. and Ezekoye, O.A., and Finegan, D. 2025, “Addressing the safety of next-generation batteries”, Nature, 645(8081), pp.603-613.
3. Lin, L., Yanyachi, A.M., Eichler, J.E., Mullins, C.B., Finegan, D.P. and Ezekoye, O.A., 2025. Characterizing hazardous gases from NMC811 materials and coin cells with TGA and tube-furnace FTIR-MS evolved-gas-analysis. Energy Storage Materials, p.104313.
4. Franqueville, J.I., Archibald, E.J. and Ezekoye, O.A., 2023, “Data-driven modeling of downwind toxic gas dispersion in lithium-ion battery failures using computational fluid dynamics”, Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries, 86, p.105201.
5. Cabrera, J., Moser, R., and Ezekoye, O. A., “Bayesian inference of fire evolution within a compartment using heat flux measurements”, Fire Technology, 57 2020 https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4046657
6. Buffington, T., Cabrera, J., Kurzawski, A.J., and Ezekoye, O.A., “Deep-learning emulators of transient compartment fire simulations for inverse problems and room-scale calorimetry”, Fire Technology, 2020 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10694-020-01037-2
7. Baird, A.R., Archibald, E.J., Marr, K.C., and Ezekoye, O.A., “Explosion Hazards from Lithium-Ion Battery Vent Gas”, Journal of Power Sources, 446, pp227-257, 2020
8. Yan, H., Marr, K.C, and Ezekoye, O.A., “Towards fire forensic characteristics of failed cylindrical format lithium-ion batteries and packages”, Fire Technology, 2020  https://doi.org/10.1007/s10694-020-01079-6
9. Kurzawski, A.J., Cabrera, J-M., and Ezekoye, O.A., “Model Considerations for Fire Scene Reconstruction Using a Bayesian Framework”, Fire Technology, 56, pages445–467 (2020)
10. Wessies, S., Chang, R., Marr, K.C., and Ezekoye, O.A., "Experimental and Analytical Characterization of Firebrand Ignition of Home Insulation Materials", Fire Technology 55, 1027–1056 (2019).